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Members of the O’odua People’s Congress, OPC, and concerned Lagosians have rescued a teenager (name witheld), who was raped, robbed and abandoned by an unidentified man in Agege area of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria.
P.M.NEWS learnt that the OPC members saw the secondary schoolgirl on
Sunday, 9 March in a traumatized state at a public toilet near NITEL Office, at
Oko Oba, Agege.
And after giving her first aid
treatment, the teenager was handed over to the police at the Agege Elere Police
Divisional Headquarters, who referred her to Orile Agege General
Hospital, Agege for a comprehensive medical treatment.
The teenager, who will be 15 years
by August, narrated that she came from Osun State and was on her way to Badagry
to stay with her aunty who had just given birth, but decided to have a stay the
night at Agege, when it became late (around 9.p.m.) and she couldn’t get a bus
to her destination.
The traumatised girl told the OPC
members that when it became dark she decided to sleep in front of a shopping
complex, near Elere Police Divisional Headquarters, till the next day.
The victim said that shortly after
she spread some cartons and was about to sleep, a man pushed her from behind
and she fell on the floor.
She narrated that the man used her
belt to tie her neck and used a cloth to cover her face and started raping her.
The victim said she screamed and
shouted for help but there was no one to rescue her and the man raped her four
times.
She alleged that thereafter, a night
guard, whom she described as huge and tall, and wore eyeglasses, came with a
torch light and left with the rapist to an unknown destination.
She alleged that the night guard
left her with blood all over her body without making any attempt to help her.
She alleged that the guard only came
the next day to chase her across the road to the public toilet where she was
later found by the OPC members and sympathisers.
“It was at this spot that the OPC
members and other sympathisers saw me. They started pouring water on my head
because I had no strength. The man after raping me stole my handset and left
with the guard. Before they left, they asked me how much I needed but I said I
didn’t need their money,” the teenager said. The girl appealed to the Federal
Government and the Lagos State government to come to her aid and ensure the
culprits do not go unpunished.
The DPO, CSP Eze Philip, of
Elere Police Divisional Headquarters, has begun investigation on the
matter, after instructing that the victim should be taken to the
nearby hospital for quick medical attention to save her life. The girl is still
receiving treatment, while her father has been contacted in Osun State.
